Chapter 44 I Like You the Most
Chunzhi had promised Yuzhu that she would never tell anyone about her and Master Gu. She quickly poured a cup of tea for Huo Zheng and changed the subject, "What did you say to Master Gu just now? Did he promise not to take Yuzhu away?"
Seeing Chunzhi like this, Huo Zheng couldn't help but understand her little thoughts. He took the teacup from Chunzhi and took a sip slowly. "Why don't you want to tell me what you know, but ask me what I told Gu Yuanjia?"
Chunzhi suddenly: "..."
She really doesn't make sense.
Can't you just not ask?
Chunzhi thought so, and her eyes fell on Gu Yuanjia and Yuzhu through the window.
The moment Gu Yuanjia opened the curtain and walked in, Yuzhu stood up and saluted, saying, "Young Master."
Physical memory seems to be engraved into the bones.
Yuzhu was afraid of Gu Yuanjia, afraid that he would discover her hidden secret. She didn't dare to look him in the eye, but just kept looking down at the ground.
Gu Yuanjia called out in his usual tone, "Yuzhu."
Yuzhu's body trembled uncontrollably.
The plunder that night was still clearly imprinted in my mind and had not faded.
Gu Yuanjia approached her step by step. Yuzhu staggered backward, her back directly against the bedpost, with no way to avoid it.
Gu Yuanjia asked in confusion, "Why are you so afraid of me?"
Yuzhu sold herself to the Gu family and stayed with Gu Yuanjia for four years.
From a servant girl to a first-class personal maid.
Yuzhu is familiar with Gu Yuanjia's preferences, understands his ambitions and aspirations, and is well-versed in poetry, calligraphy, and painting.
Gu Yuanjia had always regarded her as the most lovable person and wanted her to stay with him forever.
But Yuzhu didn't think so.
Gu Yuanjia never thought that one day, Yuzhu would take advantage of his absence and ask her mother for mercy to redeem herself from the house without his knowledge.
"Sir..." Yuzhu tried her best to appear less afraid of him, but her body was out of control and she even had difficulty breathing.
She said in a trembling voice, "Yuzhu has served the young master for four years and doesn't want to be a slave anymore. I've also saved enough money to redeem myself... I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to leave once I saw the young master, so I took advantage of the young master's absence to ask Madam for mercy."
"In that case, you can blame me for giving you so much money that you saved up enough to redeem yourself in just four years."
Gu Yuanjia's tone sounded no different from usual, but Yuzhu, who knew him well, knew that he was angry.
"Master!" Yuzhu immediately knelt down before him. "Master, you are so handsome and charismatic that many people want to serve you. I was forced to sell myself into slavery. All these years, I have been thinking about redeeming myself and returning to good family. Please fulfill my wish."
Gu Yuanjia frowned slightly and said, "Why are you kneeling down? Get up."
Yuzhu didn't dare to get up, "Please set Yuzhu free, sir."
"Yuzhu, you really have a cruel heart." Gu Yuanjia lifted Yuzhu's chin with his folding fan, forcing her to look him in the eye. His posture was firm, but his tone was gentle. "You know very well that I like you the most and I can't live without you."
He said, "How dare you, how could you ask me to set you free?"
Yuzhu's face turned pale, "Yuzhu begs you, Master..."
"Get up." Gu Yuanjia grabbed Yuzhu's arm and helped her up. "You can return to good family, but until I give you my approval, you must stay by my side. If you miss your family and friends, it's fine to stay here for a few days, but you have to give me a deadline to return home."
Yuzhu bit her lip and said nothing.
Gu Yuanjia had already made a decision and asked slowly, "Three days?"
Yuzhu knew she couldn't resist at all, so she said in a trembling voice, "Ten... ten days."
Ten days should be enough for her to abort the baby and rest for a few days to recover.
"Ten days is too long." Gu Yuanjia said, "Seven days, no more."
Yuzhu murmured, "Okay."
"That's good." Gu Yuanjia pinched her soft earlobe, "Have fun these few days, I'll wait for you to come back."
Yuzhu said "hmm" and said no more.
She subconsciously held her belly in, even though the fetus was only two months old and her belly was not noticeable at all, she was afraid that Gu Yuanjia would notice.
Gu Yuanjia took off the purse from his waist and handed it to her, "Have fun when you're out, buy whatever you want."
Yuzhu knew Gu Yuanjia's character very well, and knew that he would never take back what he gave. She took it with both hands and said softly, "Thank you, sir."
Seeing this, Gu Yuanjia was satisfied and turned to walk out.
Yuzhu walked him to the door, and Gu Yuanjia looked back at her, "Don't forget, seven days."
Yuzhu nodded without saying anything.
Gu Yuanjia walked to Huo Zheng's side, bowed and said, "Then I will take my leave first, Brother Huo."
Huo Zheng nodded and said, "Please do as you wish."
Gu Yuanjia left with his followers, leaving the box containing 100 taels of gold to Chunzhi.
Chunzhi said quickly: "Take this gold back with you."
Gu Yuanjia turned around and said, "These golds are said to be gifts for you, so how can you take them back? Please keep them for now."
After saying that, Master Gu left with his group.
Chunzhi looked at the glittering golden box and quickly closed the lid. She asked Huo Zheng, "So much gold, he just gave it to me as he said..."
Huo Zheng smiled faintly, "A lot?"
"It's a lot," Chunzhi said. "I've never seen so much gold in my life."
Huo Zheng said: "That's because you are not very knowledgeable."
Chunzhi suddenly said: "..." He said it as if you had seen it before.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly smelled a burnt smell.
"Oh no, I was so busy talking that I forgot I was still decocting the medicine."
Chunzhi hurried over and took the medicine jar down.
The medicine was already too mushy to drink, so she could only throw away the residue.
"Why do you suddenly want to take medicine?" Huo Zheng walked over, took a look at the medicine residue, and identified several herbs. "Motherwort, angelica, Chuanxiong, peach kernel, safflower... They are all medicines for promoting blood circulation and menstruation. Are they used for abortion?"
Chunzhi didn't expect that Huo Qi actually knew about medicinal herbs. She lowered her head and pretended to be busy washing the medicine jars, and did not answer him.
Chunzhi didn't say anything, and Huo Zheng just kept looking at her.
Chunzhi was so helpless under his gaze that she could only whisper, "Don't look at me. We just did that a few days ago. We won't have a baby so soon, and there's no need to take abortion pills."
It takes at least one month of pregnancy to be diagnosed.
Even if Chunzhi didn't want a child, she should have taken the contraceptive soup afterwards instead of taking the abortion pill several days later.
Huo Zheng naturally knew this common sense.
Then he understood immediately, "Is this abortion pill made for Yuzhu?"
"Shh." Chunzhi quickly covered Huo Zheng's mouth. "You know it, but don't say it."
Huo Zheng thought to himself that it was no wonder that Gu Yuanjia would chase all the way to Linshui Town for a maid. It turned out there was such a hidden story.
Chunzhi whispered to Huo Qi, "This matter must be kept secret."
"It's not impossible to keep it a secret." Huo Zheng looked at Chunzhi with his eyes as dark as ink, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "What are you going to use to shut me up?"
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